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THE CALLAWAY FAMILY ASSOCIATION Volume VII No. 10
Always regard
with esteem the name you were given; The Editor's Corner John DuPree Callaway John DuPree Callaway of Lake City, Florida, a prominent citizen, son of John M. and J. Epps (Jones) Callaway, was born August 7, 1861, at Lexington, Georgia. His grandfather, George Mills Callaway, was a large planter and stock raiser of Oglethorpe county, Ga. His father, John M. Callaway, a prominent merchant of Lexington, Ga., entered the cavalry service of the Confederacy as major and by distinguished services rose to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and was serving as such on the staff of Col. J. M. Smith when he was killed at the battle of Murfreesboro. The mother of J. D. Callaway was a daughter of Col. John H. Jones of Cuthbert, an officer of the State militia who was in active service in Georgia during the civil war, and was wounded at the battle of Macon. She was a first honor graduate of Bethel college, in Randolph county, and a woman of rare strength of mind and character. Her mother was Adeline, a daughter of Joel Threewitts, and a niece of Major John Threewitts and Major Llewellyn, both soldiers in the patriotic army of the American revolution. The subject of this sketch received the greater portion of his early education from his mother and aunt, both accomplished ladies. He removed to Lake City in 1874, where he entered the grocery business on his own account after a few years of clerking. Preferring another class of work he embarked in the brokerage, real estate and insurance business, in which his success has been of an unusual order. He is also engaged in a private banking business and represents the National bank of the State of Florida, at Jacksonville. He has given attention to public matters for many years and has served ably on the State Democratic executive committee, often as chairman of the Democratic committee of his county and as a delegate to the State conventions for the past sixteen years, but has declined offers of public office. He is now secretary and a member of the finance committee of the board of trustees of the Agricultural college, and to him a large share of the credit is due for the large appropriation by the State legislature for this famous institution. He was one of the prime movers in adding the dormitory to this college and is, altogether, to be credited largely with its success. Mr. Callaway's life has been a most successful one viewed from every standpoint and he has added considerable to his inheritance and is today among the largest tax payers of Columbia county.
Editor's
Note - It appears that John DuPree Callaway never married, and
that he died after 1902 when this biography was written and
before the 1910 census. His family line of descent is as
follows: ~ The above biography was digitized in (C) 2000 by the State University System of Florida for its Florida Heritage Collection.
Memoirs of Florida: embracing a general
history of the province, territory and state, and special
chapters devoted to finances and banking, the bench and bar,
medical profession, railways and navigation, and industrial
interests, Volume 1, Page 469-70, Southern Historical
Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 1902
Editor’s note - I encourage each of
you to send in articles for the e-Newsletter. It doesn’t have to
be lengthy. It could be some "Callaway" news, a family story, a
family photo, a favorite family recipe, results from your family
line research, or any item you think would be of interest to our
readers. Send them to me, and I will take care of adding them.
New Genealogy Search Engine I would like to thank Sandie Grassino for telling us about this new search engine. It looks like it will become a good resource on the internet for genealogy research.
Donna,
There is a new search engine (don't know if that is what it is called, actually) called LINKPENDIUM for genealogy. You can only do search by surname of state, but there is quite a bit of info listed, even for our lovely little surname!
Sandie
HaloAct at aol.comThe StoryTellers I would like to thank Carol Sturdevant for sending us this terrific definition of what a "genealogist" really is . . . and why we do what we do.
The Story Tellers..... A New Museum in Campbell County, Virginia I would like to thank Anne Leyden for letting us know about the New London Museum, located in New London, Campbell Co., VA. New London used to be in Bedford County. Few places have more Callaway history than this area, so I am sure the Callaway family history will become a big part of the museum's holdings. Visit their web site, and consider helping them preserve our Callaway history. The New London Museum at http://www.newlondonmuseum.org A Preview of Things to Come in Roanoke - CFA Annual Meeting October 12th - 15th
What you don’t want to MISS when coming to ROANOKE Since this will be the final in this series, I may have to take a few liberties, including one of repeating myself. If this is the first you have hit upon these recommendations, others were posted in both the August and September editions of your CFANET. Roanoke is getting ready and is awaiting your arrival on the 12th of October, or soon thereafter. If food is on your mind as you off load the car, your options are plentiful. The closest is there at the Wyndham, but I for one shire away from any hotel food, if possible. Just across I581 is Valley View Mall where you will find a number of chain restaurants both inside and outside, including Ruby Tuesday, Olive Garden, O’Charleys to name only three, but there too I shire away from big chains, for their food taste the same as it does at home. About three miles South on I581, the second exit leads you into the Market District of Downtown Roanoke. Just head for the building with the pouring coffee sign on the roof. There you will find a number, 2 dozen or so, of non chain restaurants that for the most part are quite good, all within 3 blocks of each other. We had dinner in Awful Arthur’s Seafood last night and left pleased, but Billy’s Ritz, at other end of the block would have been just as good, just to name only two. For the late night crowd, there is the Texas Tavern, an all nighter with a very limited menu that claims it “seats thousands, ten at a time”. For a “Bowl with” on the way home after an evening out, it has been the place for many a year. I do hope you will spend a little time, day or night, in the Market District during your stay, for you will find it a little different. Directly across the tracks, via the overhead walk and just below the Hotel Roanoke, you will find, in the old Passenger Station, along with the Valley’s Visitors Bureau, the O Winston Link Museum. The 17000 sq foot museum contains railroad photo art reflecting the last of the steam engines, and the character of the people of SW Virginia. Make sure you take time to see the movie. Visitors from all over the world have found the Link Museum quite interesting even if they weren’t rail buffs. As a rail buff, one may want to buy a combined ticket that also covers the Transportation Museum, just west along the tracks. If you have children in tow, would strongly recommend a short trip to the top of Mill Mountain, the one with the star, to visit the Zoo. Not large, but condensed, and will provide your children with an interesting educational opportunity with a great view. A ride on the Zoo Coo is a must. And last but not least, there should be lots of fall color and a ride in any direction would be a treat. Possibly down south on the Blue Ridge Parkway to Chateau Morrisette or Mabry Mills would be a nice afternoon ride. You could go down via Parkway and back via Route 221 for a good view of the countryside. Some of the events concurrent with your stay in Roanoke,
12-15 October:
See you soon. John B Editor's Note - For those of you with a last minute wish to attend the Oct. 12-15, 2006 CFA Annual Meeting in Roanoke, Virginia, you can get all the information on our web site at: http://www.callawayfamily.org/annualmeetings.htm Where Did We Come From
I would like to thank Bruce Callaway for sending us a
copy of an ancient deed clearly involving our Callaway
family. The graphic of the deed is too large for our
newsletter, but the abbreviated translation is as
follows:
Hi Donna,
In recent months the
English research team ably led by Sherrill Williams
has been hard at work identifying some of the very
earliest of our ancestors. It is a work in progress
which was started more than 25 years ago but has
recently gained pace due to great assistance from
Dr. Sylvia Warham PhD who is restoring a residence
in Devon, England once belonging (circa 500 years in
the past) to one of our ancient relatives.
Attached for the
possible interest of your readers is an at least 750
year old deed written in medieval Latin referring to
property in Dowland, Devon which is within a few
miles of Dr. Sylvia's property. The abbreviated
translation confirms our findings that this area of
the U.K. contained many Manors and residences
belonging to our ancient rels, some extending to the
1100s! We continue to sort and relate them.
Kind wishes,
Bruce
Bruce at callaway.com.au
U. S. Joseph Callaway Line For a biography of Darby
Melancthon Callaway, visit RootsWeb at the following link: His line of descent is as follows: I would like to thank D'Ann Green for sending us information on 4 of the daughters of Gaddah Callaway. This information has been incorporated into our Joseph Callaway file at RootsWeb. The family line of descent is as follows: I would like to thank Anne Leyden for sharing her splendid
research with us regarding the mystery of Frances "Fanny"
Callaway's date of death. Her line of descent is as follows: Hello, Donna. Finally!!! Looking at the earliest version, I see that I've been working on this for almost three years. This is the account I told you about a long time ago about the mystery of the wrong date on Fanny Callaway's tombstone. I kept finding more and more information but I think now that all sources have been discovered and I've answered the question to my satisfaction. I hope you enjoy the "story" - or whatever it is. I call it "Carved in Stone." I hope you'll be able to share it with some of the people at the meeting in Roanoke because I know many of them will try to visit the cemetery. Let's nip this erroneous date in the bud - a hundred and fifty years or so later! Anne Leyden P.S. I do have good digital photos of the Bible which I will send you in a separate email. Unfortunately, the only photographs of Federal Hill which I know of are in publications but I can tell you where they are if you want. Also have dates for everyone but didn't want to overload the story with them. Can also give you details on the sources. CARVED IN STONE Frances Callaway, born in 1760, was the third child and third daughter of twelve children born to James Callaway and Sarah Tate, his first (of three) wives. In 1781 Frances married James Steptoe, known as "Jemmy" to all, who was clerk of Bedford County, Virginia. Like her mother, Fanny had twelve children, six boys and six girls. Two of the girls died in childhood; the other children lived to adulthood and, with the exception of one son, married and had families of their own. Jemmy Steptoe kept precise records in his family Bible, entering first the date he and Fanny married. This was followed with entries for the births of their children as well as for several of their deaths. He also recorded the death of his wife: “Fanny Steptoe died the twelfth day of January 1805.” The family tradition is that their home, Federal Hill, caught fire and burned to the ground in the dead of winter. Supposedly Fanny made repeated trips into the burning house to rescue various items of furniture and silver and caught pneumonia as a result – certainly possible in late December or early January – and died. All that remained of the house were two brick chimneys and some brick steps. A wood house incorporating the remaining chimneys replaced the destroyed brick house. Jemmy lived there until his death in 1826. He never remarried although he had several young children when Fanny died. This in itself was unusual for the time. Frances and James are buried in the Callaway-Steptoe Cemetery in Bedford County although their nearby home is in present-day Campbell County . The first account of the cemetery which I have found describes a visit made about 1880 by Orra Grey Langhorne, the wife of Thomas Nelson Langhorne, Frances and Jemmy's grandson. In an article for the "Sunday Republican" she wrote, "the most substantial monument in the cemetery, a handsome marble slab supported on pillars, bears the inscription ‘James Steptoe, born in 1750, died in 1826 – 54 years the clerk of Bedford County.’ “ The tombstone is a "table"-style stone – a large granite slab sitting on four square columns. Orra did not record Fanny's portion of the stone when she visited and Jemmy's inscription actually reads, "Sacred/to the memory of/James Steptoe, Sr/Clerk of Bedford County Court for 54 Years/Died Feby 1826/Aged 76 Years." The cemetery was formally transcribed in 1930 by four local ladies, including the ubiquitous Juliet Fauntleroy. It was transcribed again in 1937 as part of the Works Progress Administration of the Virginia Historical Inventory. Both times Fanny's date of death was transcribed as 1807 and, indeed, beneath Jemmy's inscription is Fanny's reading, "Also Frances his Wife/Died Dec 1807/Aged 45 Years." In 1950 Daisy Read, their great-great-granddaughter, wrote in New London Today and Yesterday that the house burned in 1806. She then goes on to say that Fanny died in 1807. The Official Program of the Bedford County Bicentennial 1754 – 1954 states that the house was built in 1806. The 1979 Callaway Family Association Journal has photographs of members visiting the cemetery as well as a partial listing of the stones. Most recently, the 1997-98 survey of the cemetery performed under the auspices of the State of Virginia also records that Fanny died in 1807. What is to explain the discrepancy between the stone and Jemmy's entry in the Bible? The above-mentioned CFA Journal states that in 1935 the local DAR chapter and the Callaway descendants raised money to clean up the old cemetery. “It was reported sometime ago in notes written by [T] Bowyer Campbell, a Callaway and Steptoe descendant, that at one time Miss Letitia Burwell and Mrs Nannie Steptoe Eldridge circulated a ‘printed dodger’ among the Steptoe kin soliciting donations for the replacement of tombstones. Lady Nancy Astor (Nancy Witcher Langhorne) was said to have borne the expense for new stones for James Steptoe and his wife, Frances Callaway.” The article concludes, “This story has not been confirmed at this time.” Nevertheless, the story is repeated in a paper written in 1992 by Jeffrey Boyd Hubbard for The Chesapeake Society. He writes, "Due to the efforts of Lady Nancy Astor, Steptoe's great, great granddaughter through his daughter Francis [sic], updated stones mark the final resting places of Steptoe and his wife." Both accounts are inaccurate. The story will never be "confirmed" because it didn’t happen as described and Lady Astor most certainly did not buy a new stone for Fanny and Jemmy. Mr. Campbell, their great-great-great-grandson, wrote his account in 1972. I believe that it is a misinterpretation of a campaign which DID occur to place additional markers in front of the badly-worn fieldstone markers at the graves of Fanny's father, Colonel James Callaway and grandfather, Colonel William Callaway. Daisy Read wrote, “ . . . the Col. Charles Lynch Chapter of D.A.R.’s began a crusade about 1932-3 to see that all graves of Revolutionary soldiers in this section were properly marked, and got government markers for these two graves also, placing them just in front of the stone slabs.” The added markers remain today and the old stones stand just behind them, now almost totally illegible. Fanny and Jemmy’s stone was not part of this undertaking. The stone on their graves was carved by JB Gaddess of Lynchburg and the name of the firm is discreetly carved on the thick granite top. Ted Delany, the curator of the Old City Cemetery in Lynchburg, informed me that monument maker John B. Gaddess was in business in Lynchburg from 1852 until his death in 1877 although the business was continued later under another name. Thus the stone was placed some twenty-five to fifty years after Jemmy’s death and perhaps as many as seventy years after Fanny died. How to explain the date of 1807. Information given when the monument was ordered? A stonecutter's mistake? In a 1934 letter, Pattie Steptoe Rucker wrote her cousin Philip Pendleton Steptoe, Sr., "Bishop James Steptoe Johnston was the grandson of our great-grandfather, James Steptoe, he being the son of Elizabeth Prentiss Steptoe . . . . It was he, who visiting here some years ago, and finding nothing to mark the grave of his illustrious grandfather, erected the monument which stands today." There is a notable error here as Jemmy Steptoe's grandson, James Steptoe Johnston, Sr. (1808-1895) of Mississippi was not the bishop. It was his son, James Steptoe Johnston, Jr, (1843-1924) Jemmy's GREAT-grandson, who was the Episcopalian Bishop of West Texas. Either of them could have ordered the stone during the timeframe of Gaddess' enterprise but because of Mrs Rucker's repeated statement that it was Jemmy’s grandson, let's assume that it was James Steptoe Johnston, Sr, and not his son. In 1818 he was ten when he moved to Botetourt County with his father Charles Johnston, the builder of Sandusky. When he was twenty he left Virginia permanently and moved to Mississippi where he married (twice), raised his family, and died in 1895. James Steptoe Johnston, Sr., was born in 1808 and would have had several years' worth of memories of his grandfather before his 1826 death but he would never have known his grandmother. He would also have been likely to return to Virginia to visit relatives that he knew as a young man. To keep the record straight, though, his son, [Bishop] James Steptoe Johnston, Jr., did have some experience in Virginia. Although he was born in Mississippi, he had attended the University of Virginia and served with the Confederate infantry, seeing action around Richmond during the Seven Days Battles, at 2nd Manassas, and at Sharpsburg. He was captured in January 1863 while on leave in Mississippi and spent a year as a POW at Johnson's Island. I doubt that during the time he was in Virginia with the war going on he would have commissioned the stone for Frances and Jemmy.. He was, however, assigned to a church in Kentucky from 1876 to 1880 and could have visited Virginia before returning to Mississippi. The letter, however, very specifically titles him as a bishop when he visited "some years ago" but he didn't become a bishop until 1888, well after the Gaddess firm per se had closed. Returning to James Steptoe Johnston, Sr., Jemmy's grandson. I believe that it was most likely he who ordered the stone and gave the stonecutter the date of 1807 for Fanny's death. Indeed, the stone has other "issues." If Fanny died in 1807 at age forty-five she would have been born in 1762, not 1760. And all sources, including the Callaway Family Association database indicate that she was born in 1760. And almost all references give her date of death as 1807. Whether it was James Steptoe Johnston, Sr., or Jr., who ordered the stone, Gaddess' patron apparently drew on the memories of other family members rather than actual records when he gave the stonecutter his instructions. So is there any evidence for a death date of 1805 for Fanny other than the entry in the Bible? Could Jemmy have been mistaken and made an error while in distress over his wife’s death and the loss of his home? By all accounts, he was a very meticulous record keeper and it would not be like him to make such an error. The UVA American Studies Program has an excellent online guide to many historic Virginia locations. Tour 4 follows Route 29 from the Washington, DC, border through Virginia to North Carolina (http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/VAGuide/tour04.html). About Federal Hill it says, “a frame house with a two-story central section and one-story wings that was the home of James Steptoe, for 54 years clerk of Bedford County Court. This house was built in 1805 and replaced another burned that year.” Eureka! An objective source with a date of 1805.
With this confirmation, let's please give Frances her correct date. Jemmy was right.
This month I received a nice note from Alan Lerwick with
information showing that perhaps Ferree Callaway's name was
actually Ferris. Can anyone settle this question - is his name
Ferree or Ferris? His line of descent is as follows: Hello Donna, I joined Sons of Confederate Veterans under Solomon's military record. I have also in my research acquired from a descendant a photo of Lucinda (if you're interested I could send you a scan of the photo of her. Ferris shows up in a land record in Surry Co, NC with my 5great grandfather Moses Swaim (Moses is also my 5great uncle), dated 1802, my 4great grandfather Michael Swaim (Moses's brother) is also in the record. Their father John mentioned too in the record. the record is from the following book: "Surry Co, NC Deed Abstracts 1803-1808" the record is for that of a William Cook selling to Michael Swaim in 1802 of 70 acres for $250, being north end of John Swaim's plantation beginning at a hickory on a spur of the Fox Knob. (record entered on 18 Mar 1806) Witnesses: Ferris Callaway & Moses Swaim I have only one other record that has him in it: Record of Estates Surry Co, NC 1831-1848 (microfilm record) 12 Nov 1836 Inventory of Estate of Abraham Swaim dec'd taken by: James Callaway, Henry Robertson & Ferris Callaway Abraham Swaim in record is Moses Swaim's son. Abraham was b. abt 1792 Surry Co, NC Sincerely,
I would like to thank
Janet Callaway Mulkey for sending us these
wonderful pictures from
her Lane Co., Oregon Callaway family line. Her grandmother was Alta Leona
Callaway and the line of descent is as follows:
Hi Donna, Do you see the
crochet portion in the fore front of the
picture? That piece is all that is left of a
table cloth the Aunt Nora Jane crocheted for
Grandmother Alta Leona. I believe it was a
wedding present.
Also I have run
across some pictures of Callaway's in the
18800's. Would you be interested in putting them
in the history of the Callaway's? Let me know
how I can do this for you.
U. S. Peter Callaway Line I would like to thank Dee Blakley for sharing this picture of
Allen Mason "Mace" Callaway.
Hello,
I am descended from Mace Callaway and his wife on my father's side of the family.
Their daughter,
Julia Ann Callaway McBrayer Herrington, was my dad's
grandmother. Our family has photos of Mace and Mary
C. Callaway taken when they appear to have been in
their early to mid-20's, so I would guess the photo
was taken somewhere around 1867-1870.
Dee Blakley
sharpchick13 at yahoo.com
I would like to thank Joyce O'Boyle for sending us
information about her Callaway ancestors. Joyce
descends from the Peter Callaway line as follows:
Hello,
I have noticed my family information on the Callaway Family website and would like to give you some additional information ... I am the G granddaughter of Jonathan Callaway born 3 Jan 1823. My mother told me that Jonathan was married to Ella Carter or it could have been Mary Ella or Ellen Carter but the surname was Carter and told me that the couple had only ONE son... and several daughters. Jonathan's son was my grandfather William Henry Callaway b. 18 March 1868. I have a copy of my mother's handwriting with this information on it and also a copy of my mother's birth cert.
As shown in
the 1870 census and the 1880 census William
Henry Callaway was the only male born
to Jonathan and wife and the census includes
the other children of Jonathan and Mary Callaway
as:
Susan E.
Female b. abt 1851 ( I am not sure of this
person's position in the family 1870 or 1880
census)
Mary
Female dau b. abt 1869
Dorcus
R. Female dau b. abt 1865
Georgiana Female dau b. abt 1863
William
H. Male son b. 18 March 1868 ( my
grandfather) Kent Co, DE Died 19 Sept 1949
DE
Rachel
R. Female dau b. abt 1870
ALL born in
DE.
William
Henry Callaway married Mary Ellen Sullivan b.
Oct 1883 DE and she died 28 Dec. 1922 in DE.
William
Henry Callaway and Mary Ellen Sullivan had 8
children: They were an extremely poor family.
William was a sharecropper. William was 53 when
my mother was born and his wife Mary Ellen
Sullivan Callaway died about one year after my
mother's birth.
The 8
children of William Henry and Mary Ellen
Sullivan were:
Margaret
Callaway b. 21 Dec. 1902 DE d. 14 Nov 1993 DE (
married Harrison Griffith d. 5 March 1964)
Mildred
Callaway b. 4 Sept 1904 d. 5 Aug 1954
Watson
(John) Callaway b. 19 Feb 1907 d. 29 March
1969
Sallie
Callaway b. 14 March 1910 d. 12 June 1982 (
married Tubman now deceased)
Gladys
Callaway b. 27 July 1912 d. 1997 ( married
Luther Culver now deceased)
Ralph b. 12
April 1915 d. 1 Jan 2004 Wilmington DE
Russell
Callaway b. 5 Oct 1918 d. 1974 DE
Mary
Evangeline Callaway 4 Nov 1921 Kent Co. DE. d.
4 Nov 1998 San Francisco CA ( Mary married
Robbin Calvert King b. 20 Nov 1922 Phila PA
d. 1 Sept 1984 Phila PA) My parents.
Many of the
above family members are buried in Hollywood
Cemetery in Harrington, Kent Co. DE and much of
their information can be verified through that
source. I also have a family bible, which is in
very poor condition, that was kept by Margaret
Callaway, the oldest child of William Henry
Callaway and Mary Ellen Sullivan. It was passed
on to me by my brother.
I believe
there are some errors on the Callaway website
regarding some of the above people and some of
the members have not been included on the
site. I sincerely hope that the above
information is not confusing, and if I can be of
assistance, please feel free to e-mail me.
Thank you......Joyce Marie King O'Boyle ( granddaughter of William Henry Callaway)
joyceoboyle at yahoo.comEditor's Note - Additional information on this family line is published in the Feb 2008 CFA newsletter. I would like to thank Helen Imburgia for sending us this information which was found on a very old Somerset Co., MD sampler.
Hi Donna,
Ref: "A Somerset Sampler" Families of Old
Somerset County, Maryland 1700-1776, pg. 153
Helen M. Imburgia Editor's Note - For more information about Elizabeth Day Callaway Hearn, see the CFA Dec 2004 Newsletter. Other C/K Lines Here is a Callaway family that started in Georgia, migrating to Arkansas, then Texas and ending up in Colorado. Can anyone identify this family? "Mystery Callaway" - Samuel Ewell Callaway (1914 - 2000) Descendants of James Callaway Generation No. 1 1. JAMES1 CALLAWAY was born Abt. 1818 in GA, and died Bet. 1861 - 1869 in AR. He married MARTHA A. UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1826 in MS. Notes for JAMES CALLAWAY: Notes for MARTHA A. UNKNOWN: Children of J AMES CALLAWAY and MARTHA UNKNOWN are:i. THOMAS J.2 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1844, AR. 2. ii. WILLIAM H. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1846, AR. iii. SARAH J. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1848, AR. 3. iv. JOHN A. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1852, AR. v. MARY CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1853, AR. vi. JOEL T. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1857, AR. Notes for JOEL T. CALLAWAY: Generation No. 2 2. WILLIAM H.2 CALLAWAY (JAMES1) was born Abt. 1846 in AR. He married MARY E. UNKNOWN Abt. 1873. She was born Sep 1851 in IL.Notes for WILLIAM H. CALLAWAY: Children of W ILLIAM CALLAWAY and MARY UNKNOWN are:i. MARTHA L.3 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1874, TX. ii. EMMETT E. CALLAWAY, b. Dec 1876, TX. Notes for EMMETT E. CALLAWAY: iii. OLIVE CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1879, TX. iv. SAMUEL CALLAWAY, b. Oct 1884, TX. v. SALLIE CALLAWAY, b. Nov 1887, TX. vi. MARY CALLAWAY, b. Jun 1890, TX. vii. JENNIE CALLAWAY, b. Sep 1895, TX. 3. JOHN A.2 CALLAWAY (JAMES1) was born Abt. 1852 in AR. He married UNKNOWN.Child of JOHN CALLAWAY and UNKNOWN is: 4. i. AMOS A.3 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1883, TX. Generation No. 3 4. AMOS A.3 CALLAWAY (JOHN A.2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1883 in TX. He married MYRTLE A. UNKNOWN Abt. 1903. She was born Abt. 1887 in GA.Notes for AMOS A. CALLAWAY: More About AMOS A. CALLAWAY: Children of A MOS CALLAWAY and MYRTLE UNKNOWN are:5. i. ASBERNE B.4 CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1908, TX. ii. VAN DOYLE CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1909, TX. iii. CHRISTINA CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1912, TX. 6. iv. SAMUEL EWELL CALLAWAY, b. 16 Jan 1914, Mexia, Limestone Co., TX; d. 12 Jul 2000, Durango, La Plata Co., CO. v. DALE A. CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1919, OK; d. Bef. 1930. vi. JAMES CALLAWAY, b. Abt. 1922, TX. Generation No. 4 5. ASBERNE B.4 CALLAWAY (AMOS A.3, JOHN A.2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1908 in TX. She married OWEN W. ISAAC Abt. 1924 in TX, son of UNKNOWN ISAAC and FANNY UNKNOWN. He was born Abt. 1894 in KY.Notes for OWEN W. ISAAC: Child of A SBERNE CALLAWAY and OWEN ISAAC is:i. OWEN W.5 ISAAC, JR., b. Abt. 1924, TX. 6. SAMUEL EWELL4 CALLAWAY (AMOS A.3, JOHN A.2, JAMES1) was born 16 Jan 1914 in Mexia, Limestone Co., TX, and died 12 Jul 2000 in Durango, La Plata Co., CO. He married EDITH UNKNOWN 23 Mar 1943 in Galveston, Galveston Co., TX.Notes for SAMUEL EWELL CALLAWAY: Sam Ewell Callaway Sam Ewell Callaway, a former Durango physician, died Wednesday, July 12, 2000, at Four Corners Health Care Center in Durango. He was 86. The cause of death was not disclosed. No funeral services are planned. There will be cremation. Dr. Callaway was born Jan. 16, 1914, in Mexia, Texas. He married Edith Callaway on March 23, 1943, at Galveston, Texas. Dr. Callaway had a family practice in Durango from 1946 to 1988. He was a member of the Durango Elks Lodge and Masonic Lodge. He served in the Navy during World War II in a medical corps in the South Pacific. He is survived by his wife, Edith "Gypsy" of Durango; two sons, David Callaway of Tigard, Ore., and Roger Callaway of Matthews, N.C.; one brother, James Callaway of Carlsbad, N.M.; and, numerous nieces and nephews. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, Rocky Mountain Chapter, P.O. Box 8766, Albuquerque, N.M., 81101. More About SAMUEL EWELL CALLAWAY: Children of S AMUEL CALLAWAY and EDITH UNKNOWN are:i. DAVID5 CALLAWAY. ii. ROGER CALLAWAY. I would like to thank Don Kellaway for sending us the following obituary. Can anyone identify William Edgar Kellaway? He is a "Mystery Kellaway". ~ from the Caledonian-Record, St. Johnsbury, VT, Monday November 19, 2001 KELLAWAY: William Edgar, 100, of Newport and most recently
of Lyndonville, passed away at Northeastern Vermont Regional
Hospital in St. Johnsbury, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2001. I would like
to thank D'Ann Green for sending us this article about John
Witten Calloway. He is a "Mystery
Callaway". Additional information
about this family can be found in the
Feb 2005 newsletter, and in the
CFA photo
gallery. "Best guess" research from
the census records indicate that the line of descent could be as
follows: Hi Donna, From: "Ancestors & Descendants of Grayson County Texas" by Grayson County Genealogical Society. Information under the name of George Polk McMahan; page 355. Published 1980. Many families from Greenville County, South Carolina, moved to Grayson County, Texas in the latter part of the nineteenth century. George Polk McMahan, his wife Sarah Rebecca Childress, and seven children came by train from Tigerville, South Carolina, in 1890. September 27, 1890, Mush Creek Baptist Church minutes record the request of George P. McMahan for a letter of dismission. At that time the custom was to request a letter before moving and take it to the new location. Those members who followed this practice but did not place their letter with a church after moving were called "trunk Baptist." Elizabeth (McMahan) Barton, George McMahan's sister, preceded him to Texas and wrote glowing reports of the rich farmland around Van Alstyne, Texas. Elizabeth, born in 1834, was a widow with eight children. ------------ (3 child) Ida Frances Barton (May 17, 1865-August 14, 1939) married John Witten Calloway (November 11, 1859-December 1, 1934) in South Carolina before coming to Texas. Their children are: Earl Chester, Walter Alexander, Artie Elizabeth, Claude Douglas, Corine, Omar Whitten, John Marshall, and Abner Hazel "Peter" Calloway. From: "The History of Grayson County Texas" by Grayson County Frontier Village. Volume I Pages 203 & 204 Published 1979 Calloway, John & Ida Frances by Artie Stockton My mother and father came to Howe in Grayson county from South Carolina. The year was 1887 because my brother Walter was six weeks old and I was born two years later. Other members of the family along on that trip were my oldest brother Earl, my four aunts Vid, Lou, Allie and Plesi Barton also 3 uncles Woodfin, Other, and George. All these people were my mother's brothers and sisters. They all traveled by train, which was a big adventure in those days and they only brought along what their trunks would hold: clothes, linens and small household things. They rented first a small place southeast of Howe. And in two years a large house 3 miles from Howe where the Langford Ranch now stands. This farm was rented from Captain Marshall. His dear wife had then, recently, passed away and he didn't have the heart to stay and live there. We lived there 17 years and finally bought land and built a house just south of Howe close to the railroad tracks. My brothers liked this. The tracks were on a "grade" for about a mile south of town. The boys often hitched a ride home because the train moved very slowly through Howe. Sometimes it didn't make it and had to back up and get another start. Of course nowadays there are always 2 engines. We lived in this third home many many years. I was one of nine children 7 boys and 2 girls. They were Earl, Walter, myself, Artie, Claude, Coringe, Omer, Marshall, Peter and J. W. In order of ages. My father was an excellent farmer who made a very comfortable living for us. He particularly kept a very good kitchen garden. It will interest today's young married people to know that my father did most of the washings because mother was usually unable to do such hard work. I recall that we had a beautiful wash house where we had a wooden washing machine which worked by handle cranks and there he boiled and washed the family laundry. There were some who said we wouldn't have had such nice equipment if mother had been doing the laundry. I also recall walking to school across fields and along the railroad tracks. For me, it was injoyable to to to school because it meant we weren't doing chores. And I remember some Christmas times when I was little and Howe had a community tree. One year they moved the tree up to the second floor of the school house and so many people came to see it that they split the seams of the room. When I grew up, I taught school in Howe for 2 years. Then I married George Stockton who was managing a pharmacy in town. We lived in town all of our lives and actually lived in only 2 houses. The first one was where the Howe bank is now. We moved into the house where I live now in 1912. We had 2 daughters Juanita and Waldeen. They went to school in Howe and then went to colleges in Denton and Sherman. Waldeen married William Vivrett, a minister. And they have traveled all over the world. He and she reside in Pittsburgh. Juanita married Chas. Davie, who is now dead, had one child and lives in Dallas. I am 88 years old. I have 3 grand children, Bill Vivrett, Betty Vivarett, Patricia Fulton; 6 great grand children, Kathy Vivarett Thifer, Sherry Vivarett, Gene Fulton, Tom Fulton, Richard Fulton, Robert Fulton; and 2 great-great grand children, Wendy and William Thifer. And I still recall my early days here in Howe with warmth and joy. I tried to transcribe this as it
is in the book. That is why the last names are spelled
differently.
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Query # 372 Hello. my name is Clair Elaine Callaway, and I'm searching for living members of my family. I have never met any member of my Callaway side of the family. This is what
I know: I currently
live in Pittsburgh, PA where I co-own and operate Awestruck
Studios (www.awestruckfilms.com)
Query # 373 I am looking for direct descendants of Gil Crawford, son of Thomas Augustus Crawford and Mary Rebecca Calloway. Gill was a half-brother to my grandmother, Tommie Adelia Crawford. I would like to have access to family members who may know Gill's children, namely Howard, Perry, Mildred, Dorothy, Sarah Lou "Sadie", Lena, or Otha. If you have knowledge of their whereabouts, I'd love to speak with them. I am finishing a full family history project for the brothers and sisters of Gill, namely Sampie Crawford, Tumfia Crawford, Ellis Crawford Sims, Etta Crawford Liles, Emma Crawford Brooks, Bess Crawford Escoe, and Tommie Adelia Crawford Wyatt. If you know how to contact any relatives of Gill please let me know. Thanks, Molly
Editor's
Note - Mary Rebecca Calloway's line of descent is as follows:
Query
# 374
I am a Kentucky pioneers and Draper Manuscripts researcher, maintain database on same, much info on Callaway families. Cannot find marriage record or documented date for marriage of Frances (Fanny) Callaway and John Holder. Your info says marriage in 1778 - is that from the Richard Callaway Bible? If 1778 is correct, the marriage would have been recorded in Virginia, as Kentucky's counties were created in 1780. Do you have the actual marriage record?
Query
# 375 I was wanting to know what origin my last name is. I have heard from my family that it is Irish, and I have also heard it is Welsh. Please, if you have any info for me, let me know, I have been looking on the internet for a long time. Also, are there any Callaways from Saint Joseph, Missouri on this site? My grandfather was Earl Callaway and his father was Green Callaway. Well thank you and I am excited to here from you. This is a great site.
Query
# 376 I am a prospective member of the Samual Love Chapter of the DAR and need proofs for Tabitha Callaway who was my gggg grandmother. I understand the info I need is located in the 1985 CFA Journal Volume X. Editor's Note - Here is a response from Pat Schnurr
Your query to CFA has
been referred to me. Since you mentioned Vol. X p. 21 # 6
(Tabitha Callaway who m. Abraham Darst) I checked all our
references to her in our Indexes.
Vol. II p. 46 is a copy
of the will of Flanders Callaway in which he lists his dau.
Tabitha Darst dec. (Probated in Warren Co., Mo. in 1834.)
Book A pp 154-55.
Vol. V - (1980) Pedigree
Chart shows Tabitha's line of descent - Joseph (1), James
(8), Flanders (48), Tabitha (246) d. Tx.
Vol. X - p. 21 - (1985)
In paper presented at the St. Louis, Mo. CFA Annual Meeting
by Bobbie Callaway, dec. former Historian of CFA there is an
article on Flanders which she has documented p 18 - 22. In
this article she lists the children of Flanders -- Tabitha
is No. 6.
Bobbie lived in Monett,
Mo. and was founding Regent of her DAR chapter.
"Tabitha Callaway b. l
Dec. 1792, Fayette Co., Ky. d, 1818 St. Charles Co. Mo. m.
c 1810 Abraham Darst, son of David and Rosetta (Holman)
Darst, b. 1786 d. 1833. Damon Mound, Tx. 4 sons, 1 dau."
Vol. VI p. 144 is an
update on Tabitha which shows her as being b. l Dec. 1792 d.
c 1823 St. Charles, Mo.
This CFA donates copies
of their Journals to libraries around the country. Perhaps
your Houston library has these. Copies from the Journal are
accepted by the DAR as proof. If you go to
callawayfamily.org you will see that you can order any of
the Journals, copies of the Indexes, Callaway census from
1790--1930, 0r our CD which contains a vast amount of
information. You can pull up the order form to do this.
I note in Vol. I of the
DAR Patriot Index p. 110 that Flanders is shown as an
established ancestor "b. 1762 - d. 8-19-1828 m. Jemima Boone
- service is shown as Public Service
VA. Also, - Daniel
Boone is in the index on P. 71 shown with both mil and ps. Not
sure which line you intend to use but I can see if this is
the right line you have other possibilities - Bryans for
instance.
I am sure you are aware
that you can obtain copies of an est. ancestor from DAR in
Wash. in ordering be sure to
show your line of descent so that you will receive the one
which will be of the most help to
you. Your DAR chapter can advise you on how to do this.
I, too, am from the
Joseph line and joined the DAR in 1958 in St. Charles, Mo.
I started then chasing the Callaways around Mo. trying to
connect - discovered it was not my line and backtracked to
Va. In the meantime I learned a great deal about these
families.
Hope I have helped -
questions, ask me - I will try and help.
Pat Schnurr
Schnurr200 at aol.com
Query # 377
Hi Callaway Family
Association,
My name is Carol
Shelton. I am the great-great-granddaughter of
Angeline Watts Tidrow (Tidrou?) Callaway (Calloway)
and Ruben (Reuben?) Tidrow, Angeline's first
husband. I have started researching my ancestry and
I happened onto your information on RootsWeb World
Connect Project. It looks like we are researching
the same Angeline Watts. I know the Angeline Watts
who married Powell Callaway was my great-great
grandmother, but I have no documentation verifying
her parents names. Other individuals on World
Connect show an Angeline Watts with the same
parents, John Watts and Penelope Lott, but with a
husband named Jesse L. Herrin. My great-grandmother
(Angeline's daughter), Mary Frances Tidrow Dobbs
Brewen, was born in 1861...her death certificate
shows her father as Ruben Tidrow. It is possible
Angeline was married for a short time prior to
Tidrow.
I was wondering
if you have any documents such as marriage records,
birth certificates, pictures, letters, etc.,
pertaining to Angeline, her parents, her husband. I
am just getting started so any information you have
would be greatly appreciated...even family stories.
I am not asking you to send me documents...telling
me where you found the information would be great.
I am thinking about purchasing a month on
Ancestry.com. Do you use it...and if so, do you
think it is worth the price?
I don't know if
you are interested in Angeline's descendents from
her marriage to Ruben Tidrow or not. I would be
glad to share any information I have with you, if
you want it.
I'd be
interested in knowing how we are related, if we
are... if you wish to share that info.
Hope to hear
from you soon.
Carol Shelton,
Ste. Genevieve, MO
Query # 378 Hi Donna,
Query # 379 Hello Donna,
I don't know
if you can help me or not or if you can forward
this on to someone who can. I don't know where
to start so I am just going to tell you what I
know.
My father
(John Goodall) died in March of 1997. Before he
died he told me that he had two daughters by an
ex-wife, Irene Calloway and that her brother's
name was Bill Calloway. I have been trying ever
since to get any information on the two
daughters. My father has no other family left to
ask but I did find a lady that told me before
she died that the daughter's names were Margaret
Pearl and Voda Ray (not sure they are spelled
right). I do know that Bill Calloway was in the
Seven C's in Oregon (it was a work camp for
kids) with my father and that is how he met
Irene. I know (I think) that they (the Calloways
lived in Indiana.
If you happen to know any of these Calloways, could you please forward this message to them and give them my e-mail as I would love to talk to and meet with them. As I was the only child between my mother and father, they would be the only family that I would have. I always wanted to have a sister and to find out that I had two was so cool. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Query # 380 One of your past presidents, Dr. Joseph A. Calloway, was my second cousin. His father and my grandmother were brother and sister. My paternal grandmother was a Calloway. Unfortunately, I never contacted him regarding research he did on our Calloway family line. If, possible, I would like to get a copy of his research. Are you able to assist me in this? Thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter. Respectfully, V. Camille Burt
Editor's Note - Dr. Joe Callaway's line of
descent is as follows:
Comment # 381 As a matter of comment my family tree is nearly five feet long and starts with a Cailli in northern France ...and I'm at the bottom!
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